Chapter 8.38
Frauds and Swindles

Sections:

8.38.900    Statutes incorporated by reference.

8.38.910    Water meter tampering.

8.38.900 Statutes incorporated by reference.

The following statutes are incorporated in this chapter by reference:

RCW 9.26A.090 (Telephone company credit cards-Prohibited acts)

RCW 9.26A.100 (Definitions)

RCW 9.26A.110 (Fraud in obtaining telecommunications service--Penalty)

RCW 9.26A.120 (Fraud in operating coin-box telephone or other receptacle)

RCW 9.26A.130 (Penalty for manufacture or sale of slugs to be used for coin)

RCW 9.38.010 (False representation concerning credit)

RCW 9.38.015 (False statement by deposit account applicant)

RCW 9.38.020 (False representation concerning title)

RCW 9.45.060 (Encumbered, leased or rented personal property--Construction)

RCW 9.45.062 (Failure to deliver leased personal property--Requisites for prosecution--Construction)

RCW 9.45.070 (Mock Auctions)

RCW 9.45.080 (Fraudulent removal of property)

RCW 9.45.090 (Knowingly receiving fraudulent conveyance)

RCW 9A.60.010 (Definitions)

RCW 9A.60.040 (Criminal Impersonation)

RCW 9A.60.050 (False certification)

RCW 9A.61.010 (Definitions [Defrauding a public utility])

RCW 9A.61.020 (Defrauding a public utility)

RCW 9A.61.050 (Defrauding a public utility in the third degree)

RCW 9A.61.060 (Restitution and costs)

RCW 9A.61.070 (Damage not precluded)

RCW 19.48.110 (Obtaining food, housing, or certain other services by fraud)

(Ord. 1418 § 1(part), 1999).

8.38.910 Water meter tampering.

(a)    Whenever a meter, whether regulating the provision of water service to a premises, which has been deactivated by the city as the result of non-payment of utility billings, is found to have been tampered with in such a manner as to result in reconnection of utility service to the premises, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that: (1) if the residence is occupied by the individual whose name appears on the utility billing, that individual tampered with the meter so as to reconnect the utility service; or (2) if the utility billing is in the name of someone other than the resident, that the resident who is renting or otherwise occupying the premises with the consent of the owner tampered with the meter so as to reconnect the utility service.

(b)    The presumption shall not be applicable if, prior to its discovery by the city, the fact of the tampering with the meter is brought to the attention of the city by either of the individuals subject to the rebuttable presumption.

(c)    The presumption created by this section shall be applicable in any action or prosecution brought under any statute incorporated by the provisions of this chapter in relation to defrauding a public utility, including RCW 9A.61.010 through 9A.61.070. (Ord. 1495 § 1, 2006).